My understanding of French is extremely limited so I am not sure who is correct in this situation. A Twitter user contends that the French writer Maurice Druon once said "Tradition is nothing but a ...

My main confusion is in regards to the differences between English and French when expressing the fact that something hasn't been done in a given period of time, specifically ça fait and depuis.
For ...

I am familiar with the fact that, contrary to informal style where is ne that is frequently omitted (J'sais pas:-)!), in literary style it is pas that may be omitted in a small number of circumstances,...

When I was at school in England in the late 60s, we were taught in French that it's common not to include 'pas' with 'savoir' in the negative, e.g. 'Je ne sais'. Our teachers were English.
Now that I ...

Tony n’est pas seulement un excellent professeur, c’est aussi un scientifique de grand talent.
When I see the "pas seulement ~~~ aussi", it is almost always about the affirmative statement: "Tony is ...